Local Homeless Prevention Aid

The Department of Revenue certifies amounts for counties and tribal governments by August 1 each year. We base this certification on current statutes, including any changes from the most recent legislative session.

A summary of how aid was calculated is included with each year’s certification.

Local Homeless Prevention Aid is paid in two equal installments in the year after it is certified. The first half is paid on July 20 and the second half on December 26. The program will expire after aid is paid in 2028.

2024 Local Homeless Prevention Aid Amounts - Counties

2024 Local Homeless Prevention Aid Amounts - Tribal Governments

Summary of 2024 Local Homeless Prevention Aid

2023 Local Homeless Prevention Aid Amounts - Counties (Recertified July 14, 2023)

2023 Local Homeless Prevention Aid Amounts - Tribal Governments (Certified July 14, 2023)

2023 Local Homeless Prevention Aid Summary

Counties and tribes must use this aid to fund new or existing family homeless prevention and assistance projects or programs. These projects or programs may be administered by a:

• County
• Group of contiguous counties acting together
• City
• Group of contiguous cities acting together
• Tribe
• Group of tribes

• Community-based nonprofit organization.

Each project or program must include plans for:

• Targeting families with children who are eligible for a prekindergarten through grade 12 academic program and are one of the following:
  • Living in overcrowded conditions in their current housing
  • Paying more than 50 percent of their income for rent
  • Lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
• Targeting unaccompanied youth in need of an alternative residential setting
• Connecting families with the social services necessary to maintain the families’ stability in their homes, such as housing navigation, legal representation, and family outreach
• One or both of the following:
  • Providing rental assistance for a specified period which may exceed 24 months

  • Providing support and case management services to improve housing stability, such as housing navigation and family outreach

Counties and tribes may choose not to spend all or a portion of the distribution under this section. Any unspent funds must be returned to the Department of Revenue by December 31 of the year following the year that the aid was received.

Beginning in 2023, counties and tribes must report the following information to the Department of Revenue by December 31 each year:

• Each project and program funded by counties and tribes with this aid
• For each project and program:
  • Assessment of how it impacts people who are currently experiencing homelessness or are at risk of experiencing homelessness
  • Number of people served with aid spent
  • Dollar amount spent
  • Dollar amount committed to be spent
  • Dollar amount anticipated to be spent

The first report is due December 31, 2023.

Revenue is responsible for producing a report summarizing the results that will be provided to the Minnesota Legislature. We will use information provided by counties and tribes to create reports by January 15 of 2025, 2027, and 2029.

Who Must Report and How to Report

All counties and federally recognized American Indian tribes must submit the report. You are required to report even if no funds have been spent, committed to be spent, or anticipated to be spent.

The reporting form has two tabs that you should complete: 

• Aid received in 2023

• Aid to be received in 2024 (pre-spending of future certified aids is allowed)

The form has fields for you to provide:

• Data for each project or program

• County or tribe name

• Project or program

• Impact

• Number of people served

• Aid spent, aid committed to be spent, and aid anticipated to be spent

Definitions are supplied on the reporting form.

Note: This aid is new, and at the time of publication of this information, only half of the payable 2023 aid will have been received. Revenue acknowledges that the counties and tribes may not have identified where their aid will be spent, by whom, and on what. Consider the purpose of the aid when filling out the report.

Download the Reporting Form

The reporting form is an Excel document and includes samples of what a report may look like. Download the LHPA 2023 Report.

Submit the Report

Reports should be emailed as an Excel document to proptax.admin@state.mn.us with the subject line "LHPA." Anyone employed by the jurisdiction tasked with submitting the report can submit it.

Questions?

If you have questions about the aid and the reporting, email us at proptax.admin@state.mn.us.

All 11 federally recognized Indian Tribes located in Minnesota are eligible to receive Local Homeless Prevention Aid.

An eligible tribal government may choose to receive an aid distribution each year by emailing PropTax.Admin@state.mn.us by July 1 of the year aid is certified for the following year. For aid payable in 2025, the email must be received by July 1, 2024.

This is an aid, not a grant.

Counties receive this aid without any action. There is no application. Tribal governments must simply choose to accept it.

Aid is first paid in July 2023. Can we spend funds before we receive aid?

A county or tribal government may use its own available funds before receiving aid. Review the Annual County/Tribal Reporting information to ensure you are capturing the information that must be reported for programs and projects funded with this aid.

Will there be more information provided about eligible uses of aid?

We will update the Use of Aid section on this page if the Legislature changes the guidelines.